Loved Called Gifted

Cathy’s Story: Being Guy’s Mum - the joys and challenges of Special Needs parenting

There are two Cathys in this episode! Our host, Catherine Cowell, is joined by her friend Cathy, who shares her journey so far being Mum to her son Guy. A journey of small birth weight and inducement, of a traumatic birth story and the NICU. A story of breathing problems (bronchiolitis) and late night trips to hospital. Of metopic synostosis/fused sutures and major surgery. Of epilepsy and Autism. Of both mainstream and special school. And of family.But also, a story of hope, fear, sorrow, much joy, of prayers answered, and of drama.It's a long one, so settle in, but make sure you've got the tissues handy, because it's an emotional journey through the past 9 years. And it's a privilege to get to hear it.
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Introverts and Extroverts: Understanding Personality Part 2

Are you an introvert or an extrovert? It’s not always as obvious as you’d think. This is the second episode focusing on personality. Catherine and Polly discuss the difference between extraversion and introversion and how our preferences affect how we relax and restore our energy, the way we communicate with others and how our sensory environment affects us. There are clues here about how to understand yourself and the people around you. 
Full transcript of this episode can be found here. 
 
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Alanna’s Story

Alanna has created a sacred space, a sanctuary in the Staffordshire countryside where people come to be heard, to take a breather from the challenges of their lives, to be cherished for an hour. Oh. And to get a really good haircut. Alanna has been a hairdresser since she was 16. She shares about how her faith, her love for people and her talent for hairdressing all come together.
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Understanding Personality - Part One: Why might you be interested in Myers Briggs?

This conversation between Catherine and Polly (aka Pauline Cooke) is all about personality. You might have heard of the Myers Briggs personality tool. You might think it's great or you might be a bit sceptical. We like it because it gives all sorts of insights into how we work and how we're different from one another. All of that helps us to understand ourselves and other people a little bit better. 
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Being, Doing and Self Worth

Where does your self worth come from? We all need to know that we have value. Culturally, most of the messages we get tell us that our value derives from what we do. But is that the best way to look at things? This episode takes a critical look at how we view worth and introduces the cycles of being and doing. For a transcript of this episode to see diagrams of the cycles of being and doing, you can click here.
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To find out about the  Loved Called Gifted course, or for information about coaching and spiritual direction, you can go to our website, lovedcalledgifted.com

Love and Attachment: Conversation with Sean Kennedy

Promised in the 'Christianity Starter Pack' is the feeling of being unconditionally loved and welcomed by God but often it's not as simple as that. Not because it isn't there, but because patterns and tools that we've picked up in life, often in childhood, can get in the way of us seeing it. In this episode Catherine chats with Sean about attachment styles and the impact these can have.  For more info and the transcript, go to lovedcalledgifted.com.

Beauty and Calling

The deep beauty of the world and the people around us connects us in a deep way to the Divine and to ourselves. What we discover to be beautiful can give us interesting insights into our life purpose and calling. Full transcript of this episode can be found here. Or you might like to explore the Loved Called Gifted website.

Lizelle: Prayer, spiritual direction and being yourself with God

Sometimes, when you think you are failing to connect with God, you don't realise how often God's creeping in through the back door. This episode sees Catherine interview Lizelle, a spiritual direction client, about how a change in perspective changes everything. A full transcript of this episode can be found here. For more about the Loved Called Gifted course, visit our website.

Spiritual Connectors: finding ways to pray that work for you

We don't all connect with the Divine in the same way. Things that are helpful for some people can be deeply unhelpful to others. This episode explores different ways of connecting with the Divine and helps you to find what works for you. A full transcript of this episode can be found here. For more about the Loved Called Gifted, visit our website. 

Rachel’s story: Mental health, cleaning and wisdom for life

Rachel has done many things in her life. Including a career in the police force, running a dance school and working with horses. Now she works as a self employed cleaner and loves what she does. In this wide ranging conversation, she shares the wisdom she has gained from living with mental health challenges and her story of finding a job that works for her. Full transcript can be found here.